PS Magazine - MAY 1978
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 306
MAY 1978
When
you're
checking
tHe
5855-217±12-2 (15
Jun
77)
arE
searchlight mounT, waTch for missing MoUnTEd on your searcHlighT and
mounting screws, a bent or crackEd control box. ±HE red dEcal goEs On THe
MoUnT, or worn or missing mounting light; tHe yellow onE's For THE big
pins.
conTrol box.
Tank turre± ²raverse Con±rolS .³´
No-back nO-go NumBer
²
Your turrEt travErsing s³stEM and its conTrols arE bUilt to takE iT-but There's
a
liMit.
1
ReLeasing thosE TravErsing HandlEs and palM switchEs ThE wrong wa³ can
´
rack yoUr NoµBack!
.±²³ ",´_
WhEn ³ou'rE TravErsing, don'T release the palm switcH on the gunner's
±
ConTrols or ThE coMmandEr's ovErridE at thE ±¶'s posiTion until The T·rreT Has
µ¶·¸
__±²
sTopped travErsing. You'll reducE daMage To THE No¸Back a¹d MagneTIc
brake-and savE ³our FavoriTe tUrreT MecHanic a Hassle.
·
Don'± release swi±ches µoo soon
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TC'
s
cO NÅro I
.
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±He ±¶ can reduce turreT Traverse s³sTem daMage by keeping a cooL hEad a¹d
:
sUpple wrisT wHEn HE Has to ovErride ThE gunner's conTrolº »Ere's The TickET¼
³
Keep the power conTrol handLe i½ the neutral posiTIon beforE squeezI½g the
ov¾rridE.
¶ranking the ±¶'s handLe in tHe opposiTe direcT¿on of THe gu¹¹Er's ha¹Dles
while The turreT's alrEad³ Moving, and Then hitTing The override? ±haT can lock
up the traversing gear box. ÀT can do a number on ThE NoµBackÁ TooÂ
ÀF ³ou' re spending plenTy time on ³our Turret traversing sysTEMÃor bLow I¹
its parts out-bEtTer review your Tank's
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